Reminiscences of J. George Harrar : oral history, 1972-1977.

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Reminiscences of J. George Harrar : oral history, 1972-1977.

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Early life and family; education, Oberlin and Iowa State College; University of Puerto Rico, 1929-30; impressions of University of Minnesota department of plant pathology under Edward M. Freeman and E. C. Stakman; corn smut and wheat rusts; teaching at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Washington State College; reflections on education in United States; origins of Rockefeller Foundation agriculture program; experiences of Rockefeller research team, Mexico, 1943-46.

Transcript: 376 leaves.Tape: 7 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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